cheap food. i use to live in the area, but never stop in, thought it was another fast food chinese joint. well once i was introduce to the wonderful soup called pho and banh mi on a trip to cleveland of all places , i have been trying to find a slimilar place closer to home (this place aint it!!). i read that 99 is the only place in buffalo were you can find the famous banh mi sandwiches, as well as inexpensive pho. well one out of two aint bad. i was told they stop serving banh mi 2yr ago, (but it still on the menu).the pho was ok, the broth was very weak, (good broth= good pho),the meat was a little chewey, had to add a lot of hot sauce and herbs to kick it up a notch, but the price was about $2 less they other places..but over all i think i would rather paid a little more for better pho. the rest of the menu items were forgettable thespringroll was cold and bland and feakishly long it came with what i guess was supose to be flavor chili oil but tasted like plain vegetable oil, the fried version of thespringroll had some strange mystery meat that i for the life of me could not i.d., the short ribs were a joke-4 little pieces with some sort of sweet sticky sauce, the meat was tougher then shoe leather. and i had better chicken stir fry w/vegetables from the local chinese joint a few block down the street. if you want cheap eats this place is for you,but beware!! cheap eats=poor quailty food.there are other place about 10-15 min away that serve better food, saigon bangkok and jasmine